Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एवंभूतेन रुद्रेण मोहितेयं कथं भवेत् । सभाग्यो हि पतिः स्त्रीणां सदा भाव्यो रतिप्रियः

Transliteration

evaṃbhūtena rudreṇa mohiteyaṃ kathaṃ bhavet | sabhāgyo hi patiḥ strīṇāṃ sadā bhāvyo ratipriyaḥ

Translation

Comment pourrait-elle s’éprendre d’un tel Rudra ? Car un époux, en vérité, doit être fortuné et toujours désirable aux femmes, celui qui se réjouit de l’amour.

Word by Word

• evaṃbhūtena: by such (a one)
• evaṃbhūtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: evaṃ-bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘एवं भूतो’ (such as this)

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• rudreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mohitā: deluded
• mohitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: muh (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘deluded’

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• katham: how
• katham: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• bhavet: could be / would happen
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sa-bhāgyaḥ: fortunate
• sa-bhāgyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘सह भाग्येन’ → ‘भाग्यवान्’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeed)

• patiḥ: husband
• patiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• strīṇām: of women
• strīṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• bhāvyaḥ: to be / destined / should be
• bhāvyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक (future/fit-to-be); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be/ought to be’

• rati-priyaḥ: fond of love/pleasure
• rati-priyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rati (प्रातिपदिक) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘रतेः प्रियः’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group debates: ‘How could she love such Rudra?’—figures gesture in skepticism; in the background, Śiva sits in meditation, indifferent to praise/blame, while Devī’s devotion remains steady.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly notions of suitability (fortune, romance) can misjudge the divine; spiritual discernment sees beyond conventional desire.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa is the setting, but this verse is not a direct tīrtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.